Linux Client
Proton Drive really needs the ability to sync desktop files automatically. This post focuses on a Linux client for Proton Drive.

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Stephan Schutter commented
Integration that works with Gnome/KDE. The best scenario would be to sign in using the "internet accounts" tool and then simply integrate the address book, calendar, todo and calendar. Why not?
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Pedro Souza commented
Linux user here, waiting for a desktop client in order to make the switch.
In the meantime, happily using Mega.io -
Francois commented
Waiting for this to happend, I stick with kdrive offrering from Infomaniak
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James Bradbury commented
Command line utility would do. This is the only thing stopping me from getting a family account.
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Anonymous commented
Mac and Windows user ... this feature is badly missing ... switched from Google Drive and it has been a lot of trouble to edit files. Please resolve!
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RenRosemary commented
> Is a Privacy Service
> Does not announce plans for compatibility for the ONLY Privacy friendly operating system. -
robert offner commented
I would really like to drop my own Nextcloud server and switch to Proton drive. I can't believe there is no Desktop client for Linux. I would be happy with a command line utility but, come on - really?
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Mike commented
Yes completely agree this part of the service is unusable to me without a sync client.
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AdamK commented
A client for Linux and MacOS would be great. Or allow users to mount the drive in their file manager. I think most people would agree that having to upload and download everything over the web is not a good experience.
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Anonymous commented
It's awesome that I have 6TB of storage available, but it's a waste without this.
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Dan Mullen commented
The lack of a Linux desktop client is keeping me from switching to Proton Drive for my cloud storage.
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Anonymous commented
We need a linux sync client in order to leave service like Tresorit.
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Tim commented
This should be a pretty obvious base feature of a cloud storage service. I have a little file server at home and a laptop, and my parents have a similar setup. For now we're using Dropbox for this, as it provides filesystem integration, but I would move us all to Proton Drive immediately if this were available.
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Alexander Remus commented
Very important feature for a cloud file service. Should be implemented in a way so that apps like rclone can make full use of it, if the nature of Proton Drive allows for that. But a dedicated sync app in the tray is top priority.
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collloc commented
essential feature that we need.
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ChrisB commented
As others have stated, if Proton Drive had all the same features as Dropbox, I'd switch right away: all Unix/Linux commands working seamlessly, auto photo upload, selective sync, option to have hard copies of given files/directories on a phone, etc... And, if Proton could improve status and error reporting, even better!
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april commented
Or, way better (at least for me) would be an option to mount it (but not actually sync to local disk, just get files on-demand), like gdfuse for Google Drive
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Michael commented
File Sync client for Windows is out - would be great to have the same for Linux. One thing that made it easy to use Dropbox was that from early on there were clients available across Windows, Linux and OS X, so it was painless to sync across the diverse machines in a team.
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Julius commented
I'm on about 1% usage of the driver and I can't really use it without this feature. I just want to use a normal file browser (on any OS preferrably) to move files around, kind of like nextcloud. Othewise this storage space will just lie empty forever because the web UI is too cumbersome
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Jon Nathan commented
Like for Proton VPN, as a Proton Unlimited customer I feel Proton Drive without a client is pretty useless to me (don't really use it) and will probably not renew my membership once it expires - simply because without a native Linux client, how I am supposed to really use Drive?
I support Proton's mission and ideology, but feel very disappointed that as a Linux user paying full Unlimited price, I have a buggy VPN missing a lot of features, and a Drive I can't really use...